Canadian Trials: Mary-Sophie Harvey Drops Lifetime Best in 200 Breast
Mary-Sophie Harvey has devoted more training to the 200 breaststroke, an event she has only swum sparingly. The focus is paying off.
Harvey went 2:23.40 on Saturday, the first night of Bell Canadian Trials, to get the win and get to the World Championships.
Harvey entered with a seed time 2:24.22. The 200 freestyler and IMer cut eight tenths off that, one of three Canadians to hit the A standard for the 2025 World Championships in Singapore. Harvey had gone 2:27.67 at Canadian trials in 2023. Before that 2:24 in early April at the Speedo Canadian Open, her best time in the event had dated to 2017 when she went a 2:25.37 four days before her 18th birthday.
Sophie Angus will get that second spot, having gone 2:24.84. That’s also a massive best time for her, more than two seconds better than the 2:27.03 from Olympic trials last year. Alexanne Lepage hit right on the A standard in 2:25.91 but won’t go.
In other action Saturday night at the Sannich Commonwealth Place in British Columbia:
Men’s 200 breaststroke
Women’s 100 backstroke
Men’s 100 backstroke
Women’s 400 freestyle
Men’s 400 freestyle
